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Thursday June 6, 2013 5:25 AM

As a general rule, I ignore Eugene Robinson’s op-ed columns. But once in a
while, he writes something so outrageous that a response is required.

Sunday was such an occasion (“Now Republicans are obstructing budget”). I believe that it is him
who “cannot be taken seriously.”

First, he stated that it is the Republicans holding up the budget and then he said it was the
Democrats, who had a supermajority for four years and who could not even submit a budget, let alone
pass one.

Which is it that we are to believe?

The Republicans have passed a budget every year but have never received any response from the
Democrats in all that time. But those same Democrats have found a way to create more debt than all
previous presidents combined, and in only four short years. Now, that is an accomplishment.

But I don't hear Robinson complaining about that. I guess he believes that deficits don't really
matter.

Then there is his position on raising the federal debt ceiling. Apparently he thinks so little
of the debt this president has accumulated that he thinks it would be just fine if Barack Obama
were given the right to expand it in similar fashion to his passage of the Affordable Care Act —
over the protests of 60 percent of the population.

I don't agree. One quick look at the rioting in European countries should be the best indication
that our government can't continue to spend beyond the country's income for long without our
country rioting in the same way.

As for Robinson’s reference to “the deficit shrinking,” that statement is simply misleading. The
only shrinking is in how much the debt is expanding each year.

The reality is that a “recognized” national debt that equals the gross national product should
be more than scary for everyone.

Rather than misleading the public, Robinson should be trying to help guide the public to push
those in Washington to find ways to overcome deficit spending. But even more important is the
impending debt, which surely will bankrupt the country and weaken our ability to grow out of this
mess.

The more so-called journalists publish these kinds of misleading writings, the more they help
weaken our country.